Gut Feeling
I was hanging out with two friends from work over a weekend. It’s common for us to go to the mall first then watch a movie when we want to go somewhere for a casual hang out.
That was the original plan for our hangout, but for some unknown reason I had a weird gut feeling which didn’t warrant any worry or anxiety (just one of those impulse thoughts) but I still suggested we watch the movie first.
It wasn’t a big deal which we did first so my friends agreed and we went to the movies (if I remember right we watched Fantasy Island).
During the movie, we all got a phone call from our supervisor from work coincidentally at the same time. We’re in the military so if we get a call from a higher up, it’s for the best to answer the phone even if it’s on a weekend.
Some may say we wouldn’t have to answer the phone but we usually don’t get work related calls on our days off so receiving a call from our supervisor meant something important happened that requires our attention/possibly go into work.
We stepped out the theater to pick up our phones and was told that the mall we intended to go to first had an active shooter so the call was to make sure we were safe (an accountability thing since it was in our area).
The mall was relatively small compared to the other malls in our area so if we went there first, there’s a high chance we would’ve gotten caught up in it.
To summarize my friends and I avoided getting caught in the middle of an active shooter because of a gut feeling I had. Story credit: Reddit / SplavacadoMania